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Unstoppable: Holy Angels' Emmett Johnson is the Metro Football Player of the Year

Everyone knew the senior running back was coming — but still he ran for more than 2,500 yards and scored 42 touchdowns this season.

By Jim Paulsen

November 22, 2021 at 11:43PM

Holy Angels senior running back Emmett Johnson, the 2021 Star Tribune Metro Football Player of the Year, rushed for 200 or more yards seven times and scored four or more touchdowns in eight different games. (Anthony Soufflé, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune.

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